St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

IRISH landlords are endeavoring to bring
their tenants into the bankruptcy court i'll
order to make them disclose the names of
trustees to whom they paid rents.
VIM H. RICHARDSON, Editor of the Peo-
pies Voice, at Towson, Nd, has been fined
$500 and sentenced to two years IN the
penitentiary for Hbeling' a circuit judge.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION COLE
MAN of Missouri declares himself I'M
equivocally opposed TO teaching any Ian
guage but English in the common country
schools.
THE shipping statistics of the port of
Liverpool for 1886 show decrease OF 10J,-
900 tons The coastwise trade shows an
increase, the falling off being in the for
egu trade.
The President managed to go through
the three hours ordeal of receiving New
Years callers, but it proved rather pain
full task for him, and was in direct viola
ton Of his physicians orders.
The opinion seems to be gaining ground,
especially in England, that the outcome OF
the bulgarian WILL 10 'iiS
ultimate restoration of Alexander to the
throne under European guarantees.
THE new year begun in orthodox winter
stvle. news from all over the country in
dicating biting billiards or severe snow
storms. Calling was attended with more
or less discomfort wherever INDUCED in.
REPORTS from Gloucester, Mass, show
that during the past year Is vessels with
atotal tonnage of 175, 1876, valued at sl32,-
3O0aad insured for Sl19,2 31, sailing from
that port have been lost, together with l37
human lives.
THE Second comptroller has decided tina
an enlisted soldier discharged before the
expiration of his term, because of disa-
bility resulting from sunstroke, is emit
tied to bounty the same as If the disability
was the result Of wound.
THE French Academy has resolved to pc
tition the government to revoke the de-
cree expelling the Due d'Aumale, on the
ground that he proved his patriotism by
his gift to France Of the Chantilly estates.
A favorable reply is expected.
A NUMBER of officers connected with the
scientific bureau at Washington drank
Mexican mescal on the night Of the 31st
ult., for an experiment. 1t was thought
they would be able to appear at their Off
ces by the 4th inst, if they suffered no re-
lapse.
THE December fire loss in the United
States and Canada is estimated at SILL
100000, and the loss during 1886 at $780,
100000. This is largely in excess of
previous figures, both as regards the
month of December and the year just
ended.
A WASHINGTON dispatch states that
Representative Farquhar, on the part of
the Printers Union, is opposing the con-
firmation Of Public Printer Benedict, and
that the opposition is based entirely upon
the ground that Mr.. Benedict is not a
practical printer.
THE trust fund for the widow of General
Logan had reached $4,000 up to the even
ing of 1st, and ON that day Mrs. Logan
also received from VIM. P. Nixon, manager
of the Chicago Iater-Ocean, checks aggre-
eating $500 as as New Years gift from
friends in Chicago.
THE customs receipts for December
Were SIG, 331 $40, or about s200o,oOo more
than in December, 1856 internal revenue
receipts were S9,543, S45, about $4,000 less
than in December, 1885. Government ex-
penditures during December were SIS, 4S3,
ia, or about s3,500,000 more than in De-
cember, 1885
TELEGRAMs from Buenos Ayres, of the
Sd, announced that during the preceding
twenty-four hours ffty-six new cases of
cholera and twenty deaths occurred. Dur
ing the last month, 100 cases and 352 deaths
were reported. In Mendoza, during the
twenty-four hours there were forty three
cases and twenty-threa deaths.
THE removal of the snow which fell in
the late storm in Germany has revealed
an appalling loss Of life. Many travellers
were overtaken by the storm. Fifty
bodies have been found in Saxony, thirty
in Thuringia and forty in Southern Ger
many. 1t is estimated that the total loss
of life will be nearly two hundred.
THE President has approved the bills to
extend the free-deliVery system OF the
Post-Ofice Department and modify the
postal money order system: also the act
providing for public building at Spring
field, Mass, and the act for the relief OF
the survivors and relatives of the victims
of the Jeanette Arctic expedition
THE Rail,cay dge says that in the year
Just closed SOLO miles of new main line
railroad track have been built in the
United States. Kansas leads with the
surprising amount of $40 miles, the great
er part laid within the last six months
Assuming the average cost TO have been
but s2O00e per mile, the expenditure for
roadway alone was $3.50, 100000. 1ndica
lions are t:lat the year 1887 will show even
greater activity.